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Examiner,  Jan.  7,  1SG  L 


The  coniniittee  appointed  to  investigate  the  eliargc  of  corruption 
made  in  tlic  Richmond  Evaniincr  of  the  seventh  day  of  January,  1864, 
uave,  according  to  order,  per^rtned  that  du  y,  and  now  respectfully 
report:  That  they  have  carefully  examined  every  witness  and  source 
'  f  information  indicated  to  them,  or  which  suggested  itself,  and  -was 
vithin  their  control,  and  have  found  nothing  to  sustain  the  charge. 
Members  of  Congress  are  frequently  called  upon  to  vouch  for  the  per- 
(jonal  respectability  of  their  constituents  and  acquaintances,  who  are 
unknown  to  the  passport  officer,  and  they  cannot  with  propriety  de- 
cline ;  it  would  be  unkind  as  well  as  discourteous  to  do  so,  and  -when 
i:ruthfully  and  honestly  performed,  the  act  imports  no  wrong. 

It  is  due  to  the  editor  of  the  Examiner,  J.  M.  Daniel,  to  state,  that 
when  called  on  for  the  author  of  the  article  in  his  paper,  ho  promptly 
t^ave  up  the  name  of  one  of  his  local  reporters,  and  declared  tha't 
vhen  he  saw  the  article  in  type,  ho  forbade  its  publication,  because 
'.e  knew  nothing  of  the  trutli  of  it,  and  it  was  subsequently  published 
•ccidentally. 

The  committee  ask  to  bo  discharged  from  the  further  consideration 
cf  the  subject. 

JAMES  LYONS,  Chairman, 

JNO.  McQueen, 

JNO.  D.  C.  ATKINS. 


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